Bernshtam Albina Evseyevna (1927)

Bernshtam (Bernstam) (Levina) Albina Evseyevna (18 August 1927, Klintsy, Bryansk Region) – bookkeeper

Albina Bernshtam was the daughter of Sophia Gaister (1907, Bryansk) and Evsey Levin (1889 [or 1901], Białystok – 1938). In 1941, Albina was evacuated to Frunze and until 1943 she worked as a bookkeeper at the Kyrgyz Philharmonic. In 1944–45 she served as a nurse at an evacuation hospital located in Kamishe. Until 1948 she lived in Potsdam (Germany), working as a bookkeeper for Military Unit No. 70738. In 1948–49, she resided in Moscow and worked as a machine operator at the Moscow Electro-Armature Factory. In 1949, her family moved to Riga, where she began working at the industrial combine of the Moscow district. In 1950–51, Albina worked as a sales assistant in a shop on the Riga seaside, and in 1956–58 she was employed as a sales assistant at the Riga City Industrial Trade. From 1963 to 1964, she was a storekeeper at the “Sarkanājs Rīts” factory, and from 1964 she worked as a dispatcher at the Riga Chemical Factory “Aerozol”, later renamed “Latvbytkhim”.

In her marriage to Wulf Bernshtam (1924, Riga), a son, Yair Bernshtam (1954, Riga), was born.

Her father, Evsey Levin (1889 [or 1901], Białystok – 1938), was repressed in 1937 and executed in 1938.

In 1971, Albina left Latvia.

Family Members:

Wulf Bernshtam (1924, Riga) – husband
Yair Bernshtam (1954, Riga) – son
Sophia Gaister (1907, Bryansk) – mother
Evsey Levin (1889 [or 1901], Białystok – 1938) – father
Valerian Levin (1937, Smolensk) – brother
Silva Levina (1930, Klintsy, Bryansk Region) – sister